Dark Side Enters The National Recording Registry

The purpose of the Registry is to celebrate and preserve important sound recordings. Those deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.” Recordings are selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board, and ‘saved’ in the Library of Congress.

This ‘legislative hall of fame’ is to safeguard America’s sound recording heritage. “Congress created the National Recording Registry to celebrate the richness and variety of our audio heritage and to underscore our responsibility for long-term preservation, to assure that legacy can be appreciated and studied for generations” – sound familiar?

At #322 on the Registry’s list is the Apollo 11 broadcast from the moon by astronaut Neil Armstrong, from 21st July 21, 1969. Apollo 17’s lunar landing broadcast by Commander Eugene Cernan was used in a working version of Dark Side in Jan’73, pre-Clare Torry.

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"The Dark Side Of The Moon is an expression of political philosophical humanitarian empathy that was desperate to get out" Roger Waters

"Whatever it takes to get people to sit in a nice room with a great recording and a couple of jars and listen to the whole thing all the way through, the way it was intended to be heard, is cool with me" David Gilmour